The Tokyo Motor Show was a major event that attracted 2 million people from the 1980s to the 1990s, but in recent years the number of visitors has decreased and the last exhibition in 2017 drew only 770,000 attendees.
President and Founder, Japan Electrification Research Institute, Ltd.
SUMMARY. The global auto industry is bubbling with changes and dramatic new ideas, but the current declining financial performances of Japanese auto OEMs may force them to drop out of the race temporarily before they can take advantage of the growing demand for autonomous vehicles.
New car sales from January to June in six major countries in Southeast Asia were 1.7 million, unchanged from the same period of the previous year.
Thailand and Indonesia are the two major markets. Thailand, where consumption is strong, increased by 7% year-on-year, while Indonesia, which faces a decline in resource prices, decreased by 13%. Thailand could be ranked first this year for the first time in six years.
PSR Analysis: Isuzu has agreed to form a business alliance with Sweden’s Volvo in the Truck field and to acquire Volvo’s UD Trucks subsidiary. The amount of the acquisition depends on the negotiations, but Isuzu sees UD Trucks as a business size of 250 billion yen.
突然の発表で、誰も予期できなかった商用車再編となった。5月30日、トヨタ自動車と独ダイムラートラックが商用車分野で提携し、トヨタ傘下の日野自動車とダイムラー傘下の三菱ふそうトラック・バスを2024年末に経営統合することを発表した。
トヨタとダイムラーが株式公開を目指す持ち株会社を2024年末までに設立し、日野自と三菱ふそうが傘下に入ることで4社が基本合意。トヨタとダイムラーの持ち株会社への出資比率は同じ割合とし、統合後に日野自はトヨタの連結子会社から外れる。
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